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(3) With an eye on (4) Living through
67. Although for centuries literature was considered
something that would instruct as well as entertain,
the modern reader has little patience with ...............
works and seeks only to be ...............
(1) fiction – enlightened
(2) didactic – distracted
(3) voluminous – absorbed
(4) philosophical – entertained
68. To strive, to seek, to find, and ............... are the heroic
goals of Ulysses in Tennyson’s famous poem.
(1) not yielding (2) yet to yield
(3) not to yield (4) yet not yield
69. The most frustrating periods of any diet are the
inevitable ..............., when weight loss ............... if not
stops.
(1) moods – accelerates (2) feasts – halts
(3) meals – ceases (4) plateaus – slows
70. Since the author’s unflattering references to her
friends were so ............, she was surprised that her
.............. were recognized.
(1) laudatory – styles
(2) obvious – anecdotes
(3) oblique – allusions
(4) critical – eulogies
71. Gaurav was intent on maintaining his status as first
in his class; because even the smallest mistakes
infuriated him, he reviewed all his papers ...............
before submitting them to his teacher.
(1) explicitly (2) perfunctorily
(3) assiduously (4) honestly
72. The subtleties of this novel are evident not so much
in the character ............... as they are in its
profoundly ............... plot structure.
(1) assessment – eclectic
(2)development – trite
(3) delineation – intricate
(4) portrayal – aesthetic
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73. Perhaps because something in us instinctively
distrusts such displays of natural fluency, some
readers approach John Updike’s fiction with.............
(1) bewilderment (2) suspicion
(3) veneration (4) recklessness
74. We were amazed that a man who had been
heretofore the most ............. of public speakers
could, in a single speech, electrify an audience and
bring them cheering to their feet.
(1) masterful (2) auspicious
(3) pedestrian (4) accomplished
75. Despite the mixture’s ............... nature, we found that
by lowering its temperature in the laboratory we
could dramatically reduce its tendency to vaporize.
(1) volatile (2) resilient
(3) insipid (4) acerbic
76. In one shocking instance of ............. research, one of
the nation’s most influential researchers in the
field of genetics reported on experiments that were
never carried out and published deliberately .............
scientific papers on his nonexistent work.
(1) comprehensive - abstract
(2) theoretical - challenging
(3) fraudulent - deceptive
(4) erroneous - impartial
77. Her novel published to universal acclaim, her
literary gifts acknowledged by the chief figures of
the Harlem Renaissance, her reputation as yet
............... by envious slights, Hurston clearly was at
the ................... of her career.
(1) undamaged – ebb
(2) untarnished – zenith
(3) unmarred – brink
(4) untainted – extremity
78. New concerns about growing religious tension in
Northern India were .............. this week after at least
fifty people were killed and hundreds injured or
arrested in rioting between Hindus and Muslims.